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Spirited Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pies have long been favored in New England; there is a recipe for a "pompkin" pie in Amelia Simmons's 1796 American Cookery. New England colonists, in spite of their puritanical reputation, were known to enjoy a tot of rum now and then. And if the liquor was hidden in a pie, even the ladies were able to indulge.

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Preparation

For crust:

Mix flour and salt in processor. Add butter and shortening; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, add ice water 1 tablespoonful at a time and process until moist clumps form. Gather into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 30 minutes. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)

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Recent Reviews

MY FAVORITE Pumpkin Pie recipe from now on! Made mine with Bacardi Dark Rum & it was oh-so-delicious! Found a easy recipe to make Rum Whipped Cream for the total experience! Obviously the reviewer from Des Moines has no clue on how to bake a cake!

mythunderbird from Indianapolis, IN /

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I have been baking this pie since the original issue. If you are fortunate to have access to Stroh rum, an Austrian rum, please try it. Stroh's smells like a liquid butter rum lifesaver which adds a delicious flavor to the pumpkin.

mecinibulk from Bellbrook, OH /

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I make this pie every year for T-giving and it is a huge hit. I like it spicy and not too sweet, so I cut the white sugar in half and serve with plenty of homemade whipped cream. Yum!

lizzygirl from new york, new york /

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I started making this pie in 08 (see review - sorry for repeat comp problems)and it is still great!For those of you with complaints what in heavens name are you doing to mess up such a wonderful pie especially since there is so many ways to tweak this particular recipe to taste.

A Cook /

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Horrible! This did not add any good
flavor to the pie at all. I might have
just as well dumped in a bottle off
cough syrup. The alcohol and pumpkin
flavors did not work with each other at
all and I was left with the feeling
that an otherwise good pie had been
contaminated with the alcohol flavor.